and sam stein and political reporter for the new york times nick. ellen, let me ask you to take us through your reporting. we are not hearing you, ellen. let us fix your mic and we ll start with frank figliuzzi. ellen, can you hear us? go ahead and take us through what your colleagues are reporting. so last night we reported that a whistleblower had lodged a complaint with the inspector general of the intelligence community that had to do with a phone call that the president president trump had with a foreign leader in which he made some sort of promise. and the nature of this conversation or discussion was indeed so troubling or alarming that this intelligence officer official felt compelled to make a complaint to the i.g. which